Fulminant Hepatic Failure due to Varicella Zoster in a Heart Transplant Patient: Successful Liver Transplant

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1215-1216

  Alvite Canosa, Marlén ^a   Paniagua Martín, María Jesús ^a   Quintela Fandiño, Julia ^a   Otero, Alejandra ^a   Crespo Leiro, María Generosa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; TERLIPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VESICULAR RASH;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CYCLOSPORINE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350182210     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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